A MAN lost several teeth and was left badly traumatised after being beaten in a racially motivated attack.

Police are appealing for help in tracing witnesses to an attack on the man in Walsall town centre.

The victim, a 28-year-old white man from Walsall, was walking along The Ditch, off Ablewell Street, when he was ambushed by the gang.

He was attacked by a group of Asian men, who punched and kicked him to the floor before running off. The victim suffered serious facial injuries including bruising to his head and eyes and also lost several teeth following the attack.

It is not known whether anything was stolen from him.

The victim was taken to hospital following the attack where he was detained for a couple of days due to his injuries after the attack on Saturday July 22 or in the early hours of Sunday July 23.

Police are investigating the incident, which is being treated as a racially aggravated wounding due to the comments made during the attack, and are appealing for anyone with information to contact PC Natalie Bird at Walsall Police Station on 0845 113 5000.

The offenders are described as Asian men aged 16-20, one of them was 5ft 8in and slim with short black hair which was shaved at the sides.

He wore a white boxing top with no sleeves and was in his late teens.

The group were with two white women, who didn't take any part in the attack.